Don Pardoe - The Dad I Never Had Lyrics

I know I had a Father, but I never knew my Dad
Lord knows how Mama raised us up alone
And lately I've been bothered by what we never had
And all the memories that we should have known
I never saw my father hug my mother
I never heard him bow his head and pray
He never told me stories, tucked me in at night
We never took off fishing for the day
And missing all of this had made me bitter
That God withheld the one thing I had asked
Till one day I discovered in the mirror
He's making me the dad I never had
He's making me the dad I never had
Oh, now I am a father
And I'm learning with my kids
That God answers every prayer of every child
Now sometimes He says never
Sometimes He says yes
And sometimes we just have to wait a while
Now my children see their father hug their mother
They hear me when I bow my head and pray
I'm there to tell them stories and tuck them in at night
Sometimes we take off fishing for the day
Looking back, it's all becoming clearer
That God gave me the one thing I had asked
When one day I discovered in the mirror
He's making me the dad I never had
He's making me the dad I never had
The dad I never had
The dad I never had